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"No Exit" is the new album by Blondie.
Billboard Magazine calls this "the best Blondie album ever."


As of June 2, 1999

NO EXIT Billboard Top 200 Album Chart   #171 (151)
 M&M Top 100 Album Chart    #50 (52)
ėMariaî M&M European Radio Top 50   #14 (13)
M&M Eurochart Hot 100 Single Sales Chart #10 (9)
FONO Euro Hit 100     #11 (12)

SALES

 ėMariaî Int'l Sales over 1,201,641    (Rel Jan 11)
ėNIRBTGî Int'l Sales over 102,155    (Rel May 17)
NO EXIT  Int'l Sales over 657,363    (Rel Feb 8)
  US Sales 308,188 (Orders are over 508,700) (Rel Feb 23)
 
 

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

The second single Nothing is Real but the Girl has taken the band 230 places up the airplay list to 4 and should help push No Exit to gold certification ; FONO June 1, 1999

UK :
"Nothing Is Real But The Girl" has entered the Midweek Singles Chart at #23.

The single achieved 277 plays last week hitting an estimated audience of just short of 12,000,000 people. "Nothing Is Real But The Girl" is now #52 on the airplay chart.

We now have 14 A lists, 33 B lists and 13 C lists, notable additions are four key stations -Forth, TFM, Viking and Heart

FINLAND :
ėNothing is Real îenters the Music Control Radio Chart at #88

News on ėMariaî :

BELGIUM :
On the single sales charts "Maria" is #13 in Flanders.   The single continues to climb the Singles Chart in Wallony : this week it jumps ten spots to #30.    Thanks in a large part to the single, the album re-enters Wallonyís Ultratop Album Chart at #73.
With 66 plays, the single is #5 on the Airplay North Top 50.  In the South, ėMariaî is still strong as it moves up one spot to the #41 position on the Airplay South Top 50.

ARGENTINA :
Their local remix of ėMariaî has been added this week at the airplay list of Fm Energy ( # 1 Dance Radio Station) as an "exclusive" with 10 plays per day.


As of April 21:

NO EXIT

Billboard Top 200 Album Chart   #87 (86)
M&M Top 100 Album Chart    #37 (31)

"Maria"

M&M European Radio Top 50   #9 (13)
M&M Eurochart Hot 100 Single Sales Chart #7 (6)
Fono Euro Hit 100     #8 (8)

SALES

"Maria"  Int'l Sales over 999,751    (Rel Jan 11)
NO EXIT  Int'l Sales over 542,324    (Rel Feb 8)
  US Sales 247,500 (Orders are over 485,000) (Rel Feb 23)

VIDEO NEWS

In Germany, "Maria" is #7 on VIVA's Top 10 videos.
In Italy, heavy rotation on TMC2/Videomusic.  Spotplay on MTV.
For the week ending April 10, "Maria" was #14 on Channel [V]'s Asian Top 20 (International Beam).
"Maria" remains on the A-list on MTV Asia

Territory Updates

BELGIUM :
On the single sales charts "Maria" is #6 in Flanders.  The album is #53 in Flanders.  In the Northern area of Belgium, "Maria" moves back up to its #2 position on the airplay chart with 120 plays!  In the Southern part of the country, "Maria" takes a big leap on the airplay chart to #33 (55).

ITALY :
Still great radio support from some of the major networks (RETE 105, RDS, 101, Capital).

FRANCE :
"Maria" is #30 (12) at Adult Radio.  "Maria" moves up the Regional FM Airplay Charts to #57 (61).


As of April 16:

NO EXIT

Billboard Top 200 Album Chart   #86 (80)
 M&M Top 100 Album Chart    #31 (27)
"Maria"; M&M European Radio Top 50   #13 (11)
M&M Eurochart Hot 100 Single Sales Chart #6 (5)
Fono Euro Hit 100     #8 (7)
 

SALES

 "Maria"  Int'l Sales over 954,000    (Rel Jan 11)
NO EXIT  Int'l Sales over 527,000    (Rel Feb 8)
  US Sales 231,000 (Orders are over 477,000) (Rel Feb 23)
 

VIDEO NEWS

In Germany, "Maria" is tied for #3 on VIVA's Top 10 videos.
For the week ending April 3, "Maria" was #9 on Channel [V]'s Asian Top 20 (International Beam).
"Maria" remains on the A-list on MTV Asia
On MTV Latino's Top 20 Countdown (April 16 - North Service), "Maria" remains the #6 video.
On MTV Latino [North Service], "Maria" remains on Stress Rotation - 43 plays/week
On MTV Latino's Top 20 Countdown (April 16 - South Service), "Maria" is the #3 video.
On MTV Latino [South Service], "Maria" moves into Stress Rotation - 43 plays/week
In The US, the video remains on 'Large' rotation on VH-1
 

Territory Updates

UK :
"Nothing Is Real But The Girl" is now on the A1 list at Xfm.   Also A1 listed at Capital and receiving plays from Red Dragon and Invicta.

BELGIUM :
On the single sales charts "Maria" remains at #3 in Flanders.  The album moves up another three spots to #45 in Flanders.  In the Northern area of Belgium, "Maria" is the #5 most played track (dropping slightly from its #2 spot last week).

FRANCE :
Single sales chart :
Virgin  #48 (25)
FNAC  #41 (42)
"Maria" is #12 (22) at Adult Radio

NORWAY :
"Maria" is #39 on this week's regional Airplay Charts.

THAILAND :
On 102.5 [V]FM (THAI & INT'L CHR RADIO) Airplay Chart, "Maria" is at #36 (31)
On 95.5 FMX (INT'L CHR RADIO) "Maria" remains on the Airplay Chart at  #17 (13)
 

SOUTH AFRICA :
Playlist
CRN
Highveld
Iscorian FM
KFM
Radio Algoa
Radio Puk

Charts
CBFM  6
VCR  7
IFM  7
Matie FM 7
Radio Hub 17
Radio Tuks 21


Blondie continues to rule the airwaves....
As of March 26th :


On the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart
No Exit is at #58 (41).

On the M&M European Radio Top 50,
"Maria" remains at #6

On the M&M Top 100 Album chart,
 No Exit is at #23 (22)

On the M&M Eurochart Hot 100 single sales chart,
"Maria" re-enters the Top 10 at #9 (12)
 

"Maria"  (Rel date Jan 11) - Int'l Sales over 716,000
    {the US released March 23 through Logic - orders are over 54,000}

NO EXIT -  (Rel Date Feb 8) - Int'l Sales over 430,000

US Released Feb 23 - US Sales 168,600 (orders are over 450,000)
 

INTERNATIONAL CHARTS:

No Exit Chart Positions:

#4 (2) - Greece (2)
#12 (9) - Portugal (9)
#14 - Poland (monthly charts) (14)
#21 (24)- Switzerland (21)
#23 (23)- Germany (22)
#23 (25) - Austria (23)
#25 (21) - UK (3)
#29 (19) - Ireland (10)
#46 (50) - Spain (46)
#48 (45) - Sweden (45)
#53 (36)  - France (25)
#67 (70) - Belgium (67)
#99 (88) - Finland (54)
#101 (105)- Australia (72)

Single:
#1 (1) -  Greece (1)
#3 (3) - Spain (1)
#4 (6) - Germany (4)
#7 (9) - Switzerland (7)
#10 (8) - Ireland (3)
#11 (25) - Belgium (11)
#16 (23) - Austria (16)
#16 - New Zealand (16)
#25 (37) - Sweden (25)
#26 (19)-  UK (1)
#41 (43) - France (31)
#45 (RE) - Norway (33)
#46 (66) - Holland (43)
# 59 (78) - Australia (59)

Airplay:
# 6 - Ireland (1)
# 3- Japan (International Airplay Chart) (3)
# 2 - Mexico (Mexico City) (2)
# 3 - Portugal (last week's update) (3)
# 3 - Czech (last week's update) (3)
#4 - Switzerland (4)
#14 - Sweden (14)
# 15 - Austria (15)
#22  - Belgium (22)
# 47 - Finland (21)
#50 - Venezuela (50)
#58 - Italy (58)
# 58 - Norway (36)
#76 - Australia (76)
#84  - Denmark (24)
 
 

BELGIUM -
 On the single sales charts "Maria" moves up to #9 (19) in Flanders.  The
 album is #61 in Flanders and #61 in Wallony.

ITALY -
Huge support from RETE 105 (EHR National Radio) where "Maria" is the "most
played" track of the week.  Good rotation on RDS and Radio Dee Jay.
The video is on Heavy Rotation on VideoMusic.  On MTV, it is playlisted on
"Spotplays" and "Select".

FRANCE -
Single sales chart :
Virgin  #27 (29)
FNAC  #36 (31)
"Maria" is #18 (20) at Adult Radio

NORWAY -
"Maria" is #5 (from #29) on this week's regional Airplay Charts.

MEXICO -
"Maria radio update:
Toluca  #1
Mexico City #2  (crossover radio stations added the track last week)
Guadalajara #4
Monterrey #8

VENEZUELA -
 "Maria" is #3 (7) on the Anglo Top 50 Airplay Chart!

THAILAND -
 On 102.5 [V]FM (THAI & INT'L CHR RADIO) Airplay Chart, "Maria" is at #14
(17)
On 95.5 FMX (INT'L CHR RADIO) "Maria" remains on the Airplay Chart moves
to #7 (4)

SOUTH AFRICA -
"Maria" is playlisted on the following stations:
* 5FM (national station)
* Highveld (regional)
* KFM (regional)
* Red Cap radio (community)
* Radio Tuks (campus)

Chart positions:
* Radio Hub   #28 (regional)
* Iscorian FM  #19 (regional)
* CBFM  #21 (campus)
* Matie FM   #35 (campus)
 

VIDEO NEWS:

* For the week ending March 13, "Maria" was #1 on Channel [V]'s Asian Top 20 (International Beam).
* On MTV Latino's Top 20 Countdown (March 26), "Maria" will be the #5 video.
* On MTV Latino [North Service], "Maria" moves into Stress Rotation - 43 plays/week
* On MTV Latino [South Service], "Maria" moves up to Power Rotation - 37 plays/week


http://www.blondie.net -- Revised: June 7 1999.
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The Official Blondie Web Site Staff is Louis A Bustamante, April Kincaid and Barry L. Kramer.